Mootools allows for using traditional OOP concepts like "Class", "Implement", and Extend" in your JavaScript code. I haven't seem a similar mechanism in any other "lightweight" javascript library, including jQuery. I can think the same in my Java and JavaScript, while simplifying my code base by using inheritance and polymorphism. Having OOP in JavaScript might seem silly or unnecessary, but for large apps, it really helps. When I was coding a website that required drag and drop with validation that the input source could be dropped onto the drop target it saved me lots of time.
I've used dojo, jQuery, mochi, mootools, prototype, and rico javascript libraries and I wouldn't bother with jQuery. My personal favorite is mootools, a better javascript framework. Mootools is simply faster, smaller, and more modular (read: well written) than the competition.
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Mootools allows for using traditional OOP concepts like "Class", "Implement", and Extend" in your JavaScript code. I haven't seem a similar mechanism in any other "lightweight" javascript library, including jQuery. I can think the same in my Java and JavaScript, while simplifying my code base by using inheritance and polymorphism. Having OOP in JavaScript might seem silly or unnecessary, but for large apps, it really helps. When I was coding a website that required drag and drop with validation that the input source could be dropped onto the drop target it saved me lots of time.
I've used dojo, jQuery, mochi, mootools, prototype, and rico javascript libraries and I wouldn't bother with jQuery. My personal favorite is mootools, a better javascript framework. Mootools is simply faster, smaller, and more modular (read: well written) than the competition.